Fontana II: Martin Truex Jr. preview

CORNELIUS, N.C. -- No. 99 Torrent Toyota crew chief Jerry Baxter
would love for nothing more than to win in his home state of California.
The veteran crew chief grew up in San Diego before moving to North
Carolina to pursue a career in racing.

CORNELIUS, N.C. -- No. 99 Torrent Toyota crew chief Jerry Baxter
would love for nothing more than to win in his home state of California.
The veteran crew chief grew up in San Diego before moving to North
Carolina to pursue a career in racing. Baxter was named crew chief of
the No. 99 Toyota in 2006 and is still looking to capture his first win
at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana. He has five starts at the 2-mile,
D-Shaped oval and scored his best finish of fourth with driver David
Reutimann in 2008. This weekend, Baxter and two-time NASCAR Nationwide
Series champion Martin Truex Jr join in an effort to give Diamond-Waltrip
Racing its first victory. Last week Truex finished fifth at Kansas
Speedway in the team's No. 00 in Truex's first Nationwide
race of 2010.

BAXTER ON WINNING AT FONTANA: "It would be awesome to win in front
of all my family and friends. It would also be pretty cool to give Gary
and Blake Bechtel their first win in their home state of California. I
really believe we have a chance to win this weekend. A few months ago,
when we were testing our Nationwide car at Gresham, Martin jumped in and
he was super fast. He said it was one of the best Nationwide cars he has
ever driven. We are taking the same car this weekend to Fontana. I am
pretty pumped because I really think this could be our weekend."

"We know we have fast race cars and we know that we have good
enough cars that can compete for a top-five each week. We will be able
to dial the car in a little faster with Martin in the car. Martin knows
what he wants in the car and he knows how he wants it to feel as the race
goes on. We should be able to tune the car so it will run faster longer
and be at it's best during the last half of the race."

TRUEX ON RACING IN THE NATIONWIDE SERIES: "I am pretty excited to
race the No. 99 this weekend. I want to thank Diamond --Waltrip for
giving me another opportunity to drive for them last weekend in the No.
00 Toyota at Kansas Speedway. It was the first time in five years that I
have raced an NNS car on an intermediate track. It will be fun to go back
and try and better our top-five finish. This is all fun for me because
the pressure is off and I can just go out there and try to win the race.
I don't have to worry about points. I jumped in the No. 99 during
a test session a few months ago and it was really fast. It was one of
the best Nationwide cars that I have ever driven. I have no doubt in my
mind that Jerry Baxter will give me a car that can win this
weekend."